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Read this korrent: Nothing can substitute for spending time together in person to build bonds and trust
Nothing can substitute for spending time together in person to build bonds and trust
Last stated 3 years ago
26 May 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In-person interaction with coworkers cannot be replaced by remote or asynchronous work. — tap to centre the map on it
In-person interaction with coworkers cannot be replaced by remote or asynchronous work.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Dec 2023
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2023-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In-person connections can help build good faith in online communities — tap to centre the map on it
In-person connections can help build good faith in online communities
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Dec 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pursuing competence and community can counter depression — tap to centre the map on it
Pursuing competence and community can counter depression
Last stated a year ago
25 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Meeting in person changes what world leaders can do with each other, in a way nobody can quite articulate and remote communication has not replaced. — tap to centre the map on it
Meeting in person changes what world leaders can do with each other, in a way nobody can quite articulate and remote communication has not replaced.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact. — tap to centre the map on it
People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jan 2023
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Daniel Cook — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People behave well towards each other where they expect to meet again; trust is a product of repeated interaction, not of identity. — tap to centre the map on it
People behave well towards each other where they expect to meet again; trust is a product of repeated interaction, not of identity.
Last stated 12 years ago
13 Nov 2014
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Raph Koster — holds since 2014-11-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deep, meaningful relationships can be built with people entirely remotely. — tap to centre the map on it
Deep, meaningful relationships can be built with people entirely remotely.
Last stated 3 years ago
22 Feb 2024
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Lynn Fisher — holds since 2024-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working with agents seems to make the work lonelier, which raises the need to connect with other humans. — tap to centre the map on it
Working with agents seems to make the work lonelier, which raises the need to connect with other humans.
Last stated 3 days ago
29 Sept 2026
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Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it
A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior. — tap to centre the map on it
Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior.
Last stated 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 9 years ago
22 Feb 2018
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Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are
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